How do I Convert Estimate into a Work Order?

The conversion of an estimate into a work order is the beginning of the manufacturing process. And it will be more likely linked to a bill of material and other resources used. Therefore, the work order will probably show the following.

• The item being serviced or the quantity of the item/product to be constructed or fabricated.
• The problem summary and the service delivery window.

Steps to Enable

• Login and access the Estimates app from the universal menu.
• Click on the More(...) icon and select the Settings.

• In the Settings page, click on the Estimates and select the Conversion.

• From the Conversion page, you can view the Standard and Custom conversion.
• Enable the Toggle for Allow conversion from estimates to Work Orders.

• By selecting the Custom conversion, you can view and map the attributes of the Estimates with the Work Orders attributes.
• Click on the Mapping button.

• In the Mapping page, you can also associate the objects like Tasks, Events, Emails, Notes, and Call Logs.

• You can map the Work Orders attribute with the Estimates Attributes by selecting the attributes in the Select Attribute dropdown.
• Once the mapping is done, click on the Update button.

Steps to Convert Estimate into Work Orders

• Create a new estimate or select an existing estimate to be converted.
• Click on the Convert button and choose the To Work Orders option.

• You will be directly redirected to the Create Work Orders from the Estimate page with the auto-populated mapped attributes from the estimates app.

• Then, click on the Create button at the bottom of the page.

• The Work Orders will get created.